The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-01-20

ed at Clark's fork of the Yellowstone.
They are eating cattle perishing in
the snow-drifts.
The governor general of Canada is
said 10 be searching in Montreal for a
suitable building to remodel into vice.
regal court, to be occupied whenever
parliament is not in session at Ottawa.
TRAVELLERS from Hawarden declare
that Gladstone's contenance has grown
more smiling than ever Of late, and
that he evidently believes that his
period of seclusion is drawing to close.
BEING afflicted with a bowel COM
plaint, Mrs. Henry Winn. Of Oak Grove,
Illinois. went forty-seven days without
food or drink, dying last week. From
= weight Of three hundred pounds she
declined to mere skeleton.
ALFRED DE RorHscHILD has shown
his generosity and his appreciation of
the value Of protection to capital by
giving each member OF the London
police one brierwood pipe and . package
of tobacco. and presents Of toys to all
their children.
Evidence taken by the grand jury
at OGDEN, Utah, showed that in three
room house in that city live Willard
Bingham, two wives, twenty unmar-
ried csildren, FIVE married sons, with
their wives aud fifteen children, and
two hired men in the attic.
Respecting the Campbell case and
the criticisms Of Gen, Buffers refusal
to appear as correspondent, it is now
said that Butler offered an explanation
which though not made public, has
proved satisfactory to the Prince Wales
and saved Butler from the danger Of
social ostracism.
BEN AHMAR, was recently rewarded
with the cross Of the Legion Of Honor
for bravery As lion-killer. In Algeria
in twenty-six years, he killed over 200
lions. One lion is estimated to destroy
10000 francs worth of capital annually
and to keep it up for ten years at least,
so the lion-killer saved Algeria about
10000, 900 francs.
ANDREW CARNEGIE is building on the
Summit ofthe Alleghenies, near Cresson
Springs, Pa, house or castle which
will cost $2.OOO,OOO. The entire walls
will be built up together of the un-
dressed surface stone which is to be
found on the place, and they are not to
show in any place a single mark Of the
chisel or hammer.
Mrs. GLADSTONE s seventy-fifth an
niversary was celebrated in genuine
primitive style, with a servants ball at
the castle. Mrs. Gladstone danced the
opening dance very gayly with Mr..
Smith, the house steward, while her son
William revolved gracefully with Mrs.
jolly. the housekeeper, and her daugh-
ter, Helen Gladstone, danced with
Edwards, the coachman.
The Seth Thomas Clock company Of
Thomaston have prepared drawings fol
the great clock which is to be placed in
the tower of the new city hall at Phila.
delphia, and which if completed in 40.
eorslance with their plans, will be the
largest in the world. The bells upon
which it will strike the hours and quar-.
ters will weigh $4,000 pounds and the
glass dials. as contemplated, measure
26 feet in diameter.
The Great Eastern steamship X
finally to be put up and sold at anc'
sion. She now lies in Kingstown Har.
Dor, Dublin. where she went last fall
II is supposed that she will be con.
verted into storeship or floating
hospital. In these days of huge ships il
may be interesting to know that none
ofthem approach in size the Great
Eastern, whose gross tonnage amounts
to 1875 tons.
One day last week Sidney E. Adams
President of the Y. M. C. A.. and Au
gustus H. Holmes, were arrested a
Buffalo, charged with violating th'
Sunday law, in that they, in operating
their oil refinery, employ men who per
form servile work on Sunday. Th'
complaint was made by the proprietor
OF . theater. who was recently arreste,
on charges preferred by Adams ant
Holmes for giving Sunday perform
anoes.
PETER DOM died few days ago
near Johnstown, Pa, of consumption
He was 6S years and bachelor. AM
for the past twenty years lived as her
NIT. He left will bequeathing sever
al legacies, but the bulk of his fortun
was given to his sister, who resides il
Hammonton, N. J. Strange to say
he did not know her married name
He requested that his body be incinera
ted at the creamatory in Washington
AT Concord, N. H., q remarkabl
meteorological phenomenon took plac
shortly after sunrise Friday morning
1t lasted for nearly an hour. On eithe
side of the sun resting upon the hori
zon, and extending upward to tn